| The Torchbearers | |
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 The sculpture in 2018 | |
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| Artist | Charles Umlauf |
| Year | 1962 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Location | Austin, Texas, United States |
| 30°17′9.4″N97°44′25.3″W / 30.285944°N 97.740361°W | |
The Torchbearers is a 1962 bronze sculpture by Charles Umlauf, installed outside the Flawn Academic Center on the University of Texas at Austin campus in Austin, Texas, United States. [1] It was cast in Milan at the Fonderia Battaglia. [2]
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| External videos | |
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 Statues of UT: The Torchbearers (March 24, 2014) by The Daily Texan |
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